TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE CRISIS IN
NURSING

Chairperson: Sister Elizabeth Ann

Emily Canty, L.P.N.; Claudia Coggins; Donna M.
Felling; Lucy M. Fink; Loretta Joan Finnerty;
Bernie Fowler; Marilyn Goldwater, R.N.; Paula C.
Hollinger; Lynada D. Johnson; Rosemarie E.
Liberatore; Dr. Douglas MacDonald; Elizabeth
Mclntyre; Barbara D. Miller; Mary Etta C. Mills;
Patricia A. Noble; Elizabeth H. Scanlan; George E.
Smith; Leonard H. Teitelbaum; James R. Wood.

Vice-President of Nursing Admininistration
& Related Professional Services
Mercy Hospital
301 St. Paul Place
Baltimore, MD 21201 332-9515

At the request of the General Assembly, the
Governor created the Task Force to Study the Crisis
in Nursing in August 1987 (Joint Resolution no. 4,
Acts of 1987). The Task Force studied the shortage
of nursing personnel in Maryland. In its preliminary
report of November 1987 and its final report of
February 1988, the Task Force recommended ways
to retain working nurses, attract inactive nurses
back to the profession, and promote nursing as a
profession in secondary schools.

GOVERNOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON
THE PORT OF BALTIMORE

Chairperson: J. Owen Cole

Harold Adams; John S. Arnick; J. Glenn Beall;
John A. Cade; Mathias J. DeVito; William K.
Hellmann; Frank J. Komenda; Thomas J. Owen;
William Porter; Ellen R. Sauerbrey; William B.
Snyder.

Ex officio: Earl F. Seboda, Secretary of General
Services; Hilda E. Ford, Secretary of Personnel;
Richard H. Trainor, Secretary of Transportation;
Mark L. Wasserman.

Staff: Sara Moriarty

Maryland Port Administration
World Trade Center
Baltimore, MD 21202 333-4550

The Committee reported to the Governor in
October 1987.

Executive Commissions/421

TASK FORCE ON PRIVATE SECTOR DAY
CARE INITIATIVES

Chairperson: William E. Woodward, M.D.

McCormick & Co., Inc.
11100 McCormickRd.
Hunt Valley, MD 21031 771-7609

The Task Force submitted its final report in July
1987.

COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF STATE
PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS

Chairperson: James W. Howe

PO. Box 398
Garrett Park, MD 20896 933-3744

In October 1987, the Commission reported to
the Governor and General Assembly.

RADON TASK FORCE
Chairperson: Richard J. Brisson

Appointed by Governor: Rebecca Bascom, M.D.,
M.P.H.; David D. Ebert, Ph.D.; Martin K. P. Hill;
Sydney L. Machat; Charles Osterberg, Ph.D.;
Stephen E. Tate; Benjamin F. Trump, M.D.; Mary
Jane Wilson.

Appointed by Senate President: Michael J. Collins
Appointed by House Speaker: Virginia M. Thomas

Appointed by Secretary of the Environment:
Richard J. Brisson

Appointed by Secretary of Natural Resources:
Kenneth N. Weaver, Ph.D.

Appointed by Secretary of State Planning: Harvey
Gold

c/o Center for Radiological Health
Dept. of the Environment
2500 Broening Highway
Baltimore, MD 21224 631-3300

In November 1987, the Governor created the
Radon Task Force to determine the extent of health
risks from radon in Maryland and to develop a State
plan for unsafe concentrations of indoor radon
(Joint Resolution no. 11, Acts of 1987).

The Task Force issued a report in January 1988
and submitted its final report in February 1989.